The life and times of Daisy & her sister Holly and their efforts to confound Old Two Legs.
Helped along by a family of Ferrets who are studying to become full time Woofers!

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Busy Doing Nothing, well almost!

Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly and Snowflake back with you again.

Today we have been without Old Two Legs for most of the day. Poor OTL had to go out early this morning to do some work and didn't get back until mid afternoon!

The Missus took us out for our morning walk over The Fields and we had a really good roll in the snow! Well, I did, Holly just had a sniff and said it was an old fox sniff.

Not sure if she meant the fox was old or the sniff was old!

Having finished all his work, OTL dropped into the 'Doggy Shop' to pickup some essential stuff for us, Doggy Scoff, Biscuits, Ferret Nuggets, Chicken Fillets and some Chicken & Rice Chews that Holly and I just 'Love'!

On the way out he passed the rabbit cage and thought about Holly's request for one, for lunch, but decided against it!

So he says!

He got home and had to go out again to deliver some stuff, so off we go with him and we ended up in the New Park.

It was covered in loads of snow, masses more that we had at home! It was great running after the ball and chasing each other and of course, having a good roll in the snow until OTL tells us to 'Get Up!' Then he calls us Smelly Nelly's'!

Too Good to get up!

We had a game of 'Chase The Ball' and Holly even joined in!

Two Smelly Nelly's chasing a Ball!

We got to the top of the hill and Holly found some deep snow and was doing 'Nose Dives' so that she ended up covered in snow all over her head!

Doing a Nose Dive!

Of course, I just couldn't resist another roll while OTL was puffing his way up the hill!

Ooooooooh! I just Love a good roll!

Then we ran off down the other side and stopped to say 'Hello' to The Watchers 'cos you never know if they are awake or not and it's best to ignore them or they may chase us out of the park or tell OTL if we are naughty!

Hello Watchers!

Then we went off to see if the Indians were home but there was no one there, Holly reckons they have gone away on a holiday to get warm!

The Indians have all gone on holiday!

When we got home we had a rummage through the bag of stuff OTL had got from the 'Doggy Shop' and found that he had brought a toy for Snowflake, what he got was a 'Cat Tease', now this thing is a stick with some string tied on the end and on the end of the string is a mock mouse. This mouse squeaks, just like a real mouse when you jiggle it about and OTL thought that Snowflake could get some exercise chasing it about when she is let out of Snowy Heights!

The Squeaky Mouse!

To begin with Snowflake didn't really understand what she had to do, so OTL is thrashing this mouse around the room and the mouse is going 'Squeak, Squeak and Snowflake is going 'What The ......!' and running for her safety shelter behind the picture frames!

After a while she gets the hang of it and proceeds to chase this mouse around all over the place. Sometimes OTL lets her catch the mouse and she rushes backwards into the hole she made and gives this mouse a real good shake and sits there waiting for it to stop squeaking, 'cos when it stops squeaking she can eat it!

Now, all the time this is happening, I'm sitting on OTL's office chair calling out instructions to Snowflake, like ' It's over your shoulder!' and 'It's Behind you!'

Snowflake hasn't had much exercise since arriving here, so it isn't long before she decides that the mouse is either blessed with immortality and is impervious to her fangs or OTL is being Sneaky!

She settles down to a slurp of Ferretone from OTL's palm while he is stroking her with the other hand, after which she heads back to Snowy Heights for a rest before dinner!

That leaves me on the floor, looking at this 'Cat Tease'. Now I don't do cats and the sniff of Catnip on the mouse really makes your eyes water but the feathers on the end of the stick are fun!

OTL started off by tickling my nose with the feathers, then he tapped me on the paw with them then the other paw and before long I was chasing these feathers all over the place!

I reckon that if Snowflake went after the mouse and I went after the feathers we could sort this 'Cat Tease' out good and proper!

The Feathers!

So I'm going to have a word with Holly and see if she is interested in a 'Combined Attack' tomorrow!

3 comments:

Hi Girls,glad you both had a good day rolling in the snow, make the most of it as the Snow fairy will be going away shortly and the rains will come.Snowflake getting some exercise with the help of a Squeaky Mouse, the mind boggles.Sleep tight and tomorrow you never know Snowflakes Harness might arrive then she can roll in the snow too. XXX

Love the first one of you rolling in the snow, we don't often see you upside down! TM had some extra exercise too, that's good. That new toy sounds very exciting you can all have a play but tell Holly that the mouse is not for eating or she will be ill. xxx

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About Me

Hello, my name is Daisy and I was taken away from
Mum and Dad by Old Two Legs and The Missus one cold dark evening. It was a bit
traumatic at the time but we all soon settled down and everything is OK now.

My sister Holly came to live with us about a year later and between the pair of us we manage to keep these Two Legs in line!

In December 2012, we were joined by Snowflake, a little ferret we found in our garden. She had her own home in OTL's office called Snowy Heights!

Then in July 2013 Mr Brambles, a super Sandy Hob Ferret, came to live with us and be a mate for Snowflake. We sadly lost Mr Brambles to old age in September 2015. A gentle ferret who will be missed terribly. We also lost Miss Snowflake in November 2015. She has left a big hole in our hearts, she was a real Daddy's Girl to the end.

There arrived two new ferrets in August 2015, Miss May and Miss April who are sisters, born in 2013, we think! They were full of fun and mischief and kept up the tradition of pinching our biscuits, just like Brambles did!

Sadly Miss April contracted Cardiomyopathy, which is a heart condition. She died in September 2016 and is resting in a flower pot in the garden with Snowflake and Brambles.

We were down to two ferrets and an empty cage but that didn't last long, a brother and sister ferrets needed a 'Forever Home' and Fred & Wilma moved in. They are about two and a half years old, so they were born 2012/2013. Fred is a gentle soul who loves cuddles with OTL and Wilma a bossy sister but loves OTL! We reckon them to be Polecat Coloured Ferrets.

It was a shock when Wilma was attacked by a dog and unfortunately died of shock a few hours later. Like Snowflake, Brambles and April, she is also sleeping in a flower pot in our garden.

Fred was not happy about being on his own and he was introduced to Wendy, a Polecat Coloured Ferret who found her way to the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue.

Introductions went well to begin with but within a day or so she began instructing Fred on just who was really in charge!

We had something similar with Miss May who lost her sister to Cardiomyopathy (Weak Heart). Miss May is a feisty young lady and she was introduced to Eric de Ferret while we were down at the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue and although she tried to be a bit bossy, he was having none of it! He may only be six months old but her didn't back down and the pair came to an agreement!

So young Eric moved in and they both started to learn how to get on together!

OTL takes us walking every day and we have 'Adventures'! The Missus feeds us, so, what more can a pair of puppies and family of fun loving ferrets ask for?